My friend in England has a boy friend in Germany, so visits there frequently. She is gradually learning to speak German but occasionally has a lapse when she can’t think of the right word in time. I often have a laugh as she describes her mistakes.
One day she went into a second-hand German bookshop. She found a book she really wanted to buy but because of its very poor condition she felt the asking price was too high. In her haste and stuck for the right word, she came out with the words ‘This book is in pain!’
It made me think of our world which is in pain. Viewing it, God is in pain also. The Bible puts it like this ‘We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in pains of childbirth up to the present time. Not only so, but we ourselves, groan as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.’ Romans 8:22
Thigs are not right, we have turned away from God as we try to run our own lives. God’s way is the best way, the only way. All we can do is keep our eyes on Him and not on the troubles of the world. Nor are we asked to take on these enormous problem ourselves. By keeping close to Him we will be able to do what is His will for us.